Braided Chocolate Almond Pastry

Yes, I said chocolate, do I have you hooked already!? This easy recipe requires three ingredients, puff pastry, a chocolate bar and sliced almonds.

Ingredients: 

Puff Pastry 

Favorite chocolate Bar (I used a king size Hershey bar) 

Egg Wash

Sliced almonds

Directions: 

-Lay out puff pastry and place chocolate bar in the center of the puff pastry

-Cut diagonal lines along the left and right side of the puff pastry about an inch apart.

- Remove the corner pieces

-Starting from the top, fold down the top flap and then alternate right and left like a braid

-Fold the bottom flap in and finish alternating 

-Place pastry on parchment paper and brush with egg wash

-Sprinkle almonds on top 

-Bake at 415 degrees for 25 minutes or until golden